$2.99 on Google Play

Is there something like a photo widget, but everywhere on my phone?

Yes — widgets stay pinned to one home screen panel, while Bubbles In Time floats photos over every screen and every app. It's the widget idea, unpinned.

Bubbles In Time at a glance
Price$2.99, one time
SubscriptionNone
Where photos liveOn your device only
Account requiredNo
AdsNone
Works offlineYes — no server
PlatformAndroid
This is what it looks like on your phone.Your memories drift past while you use it. Tap one.
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The longer answer

Bubbles In Time uses Android's display-over-other-apps permission (SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW) to float your photos above whatever you're doing, then get out of the way.

The home screen is a fraction of screen time. Memories should reach where you actually look.

How Bubbles In Time handles it

Every phone app is built to make you open it. Bubbles In Time is built to give the attention back: photos float past, and then they are gone until the next one.

Add the photos, videos, or message threads that matter to the in-app gallery, grant the one-time overlay permission, and pick a frequency from every 30 minutes to every 4 hours. From then on, memory bubbles drift over whatever you're doing — tap to open, swipe to dismiss, pause the whole layer with one switch whenever you need stillness. Everything runs on-device: no account, no uploads, no ads, $2.99 once.

Worth knowing

The rotation rewards curation over volume — twenty photos you love beat two hundred you tolerated. The Mystery Photo option keeps genuine surprise in the mix, and because nothing depends on a server, the whole experience works identically offline, abroad, and on every modern Android phone.

The 2026 stance: Bubbles In Time costs $2.99 once. No subscription. No ads. No account. Your photos never leave your phone. In a year when everything became a monthly fee, that sentence is the whole pitch.
$2.99 — once
No subscription · no ads · no account · nothing leaves your phone
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Quick answers

Is there something like a photo widget, but everywhere on my phone?

Yes — widgets stay pinned to one home screen panel, while Bubbles In Time floats photos over every screen and every app. It's the widget idea, unpinned.

Can I control how often memories appear?

Yes — intervals from every 30 minutes to every 4 hours, plus a master pause switch.

What can become a memory?

Photos, videos, and saved message threads — plus a Mystery Photo option for surprise.